sexist attacks

SEATTLE (AP) — The five women on Seattle's City Council have responded to sexist attacks against them after a recent council vote sidetracked an arena proposal aimed at bringing the NBA back to the city. In a Wednesday op-ed in The Seattle Times, the councilwomen wrote they were "deeply troubled" at the level of vitriol in social media posts and emails that often threatened "sexual

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's mayor and an investor have condemned sports fans' sexist attacks against the mostly female City Council after its vote sidetracked a proposed arena project aimed at luring back the NBA. All five women on the nine-member council voted against selling a street to investor Chris Hansen, complicating his plan to build an arena in a Seattle neighborhood to house a professional